I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

I do believe in an afterlife. I try to be at one with people and try to love life as much as I can.

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

I am always baffled by age, but to be honest with you, I feel like I am about 34. I feel better now and I am certainly healthier than I was in my early 30s. I am more rounded too.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

I am extremely content in my life - sometimes to the point where I really should find something to moan about!

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.

Ever since I can remember feeling love for my parents, I've been frightened of losing them.

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Your guess is as good as mine. Better probably, because you haven't had four beers.

Two creative spirits in a relationship, I don't think that's the best way to go.

Move over just a bit to the right of me, For I cannot see Where the booty is.

The techniques of kitsch, which are based on imitation, are rational and operate according to formulas; the remain rational even when their result has a highly irrational, even crazy, quality.

Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.

Some people bring joy wherever they go, and some people bring joy whenever they go.

Richard's bookshelves weren't alphabetized. He never had time to alphabetize them. He was always too busy- looking for books he couldn't find.

A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.